Table 4 Pervious covers and opportunity costs change since 1980 through 2000
From: Economic growth for ecological conversions: South Korean case
Land cover | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acreage | Estimates | Acreage | Estimates | Acreage | Estimates | |
Crop | 5,908,023 | $132.4M | 5,406,867 | $121.1M | 5,282,423 | $118.3M |
Forest | 16,593,125 | $4,079.3M | 16,579,267 | $4,075.9M | 16,959,918 | $4,169.5M |
Pasture | 951,990 | $862.8M | 1,090,509 | $988.4M | 717,707 | $650.5M |
Wetlands | 194,053 | $279.1M | 108,338 | $155.8M | 80,626 | $115.9M |
Herbaceous | 321,235 | $4.9M | 417,358 | $6.4M | 402,573 | $6.2M |
Open water | 500,811 | $439.1M | 540,970 | $474.3M | 533,595 | $467.8M |
Developed | 528,516 | – | 854,380 | – | 1,020,863 | – |
Total | 24,997,765 | $5,797.5M | 24,143,310 | $5,821.8M | 23,976,843 | $5,528.2M |